Leslie George Ernest HICKS

HICKS, Leslie George Ernest

    Service Numbers: 3642 , 3642
    Enlisted: 27 June 1917, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, May 1898
    Home Town: Stroud, Great Lakes, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Railway Employee
    Died: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3642 , 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    31 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 3642, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    31 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 3642, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    16 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Battalion
    9 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3642 , 49th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
    11 Aug 1918: Imprisoned Captured while wounded. Wound to the arm fracturing the arm. Interned in at Frankfurt, Germany
    17 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 1st Military District as wounded. Ex-Prisoner of War

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Walter T. Hicks and Janet Stone formerly Hicks of 'Naughton's Gap', Casino, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevassa disembarking on 1 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Leslie married Agnes E. Newman in LIsmore, NSW

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